Dudek - defeated by the rain (Allsport)

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Jerzy Dudek has put Poland's disappointing World Cup exit down to poor luck and bad weather.

The Poles, who were the first European team to qualify for the World Cup bar holders France, lost both of their opening two matches in Group D.

Defeat to South Korea as followed by Monday's 4-0 surrender to Portugal and the Poles are yet to score.

But although overall Poland have been a big disappointment, Dudek believes part of their demise is down to a lack of good fortune.

"In both matches we did not have the luck we had in the qualification matches," said the Liverpool keeper.

"We had some turning points then and they decided some of our wins. We missed those kinds of turning points in Korea."

On the defeat to Portugal, which was played in torrential rain, Dudek claimed the weather had been a factor.

"Portugal was better prepared for the heavy weather. I heard that they were very satisfied about the heavy rain," he said.

"Everything we have done during the tournament seemed to be very hard for us, we could not take any of the [scoring] chances we had."

Poland get a final chance to get some points and goals on the board against the United States on Friday.